
SCHOLARSHIPS
In conjunction with numerous concerned corporate sponsors, GWUL has facilitated the distribution of more than $2 million in scholarships to more than 300 young adults. Recipients have gone on to a diverse and elite range of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, local institutions of higher education, Ivy League institutions and other colleges/universities, as well as the Job Corps or other special post-secondary education and trade schools.
In Fiscal Year 2016, more than $26,000 in scholarships were provided to 18 accomplished students-in-need from the region.
Those scholarships include:
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Monumental Sports Scholarship $4,000
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Charlotte Elizabeth Yancey Eights Scholarship $8,000
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SIMS Foundation STEM Scholarship $1,000
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LINK Strategic Partners Scholarship ($1,500) and Internship ($2,500)
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Giant Scholarship $1,500
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Safeway Scholarship $2,500
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Empower Scholarship $1,000
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Empower Book Scholarship $500”
Scholarship Sponsors
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SAFEWAY
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THE SIMS FOUNDATION
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GIANT FOOD
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THURSDAY NETWORK
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CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH YANCY EIGHTS
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MONUMENTAL SPORTS
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LINK STRATEGY